Golden Eagles head to Louisville to face No. 35 ranked Cardinals

Feb 18, 2012

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech tennis team has not
played in two full weeks, thanks to weather forcing a postponement
of last weekend's home match. On Saturday afternoon, coach Kenny
Doyle's team is slated to return to action, and the Golden Eagles
have a substantial challenge facing them -- they play at No. 35
Louisville.

The match against the Cardinals is scheduled for 4 p.m. in the
Bass-Rudd Tennis Center. Louisville hosts Belmont Saturday at 10
a.m. before facing the Golden Eagles in the late afternoon.

Louisville enters the day with a 5-4 record in dual matches
following a 5-1 win over Clemson on Monday. The Cardinals saw their
31-match homecourt winning streak snapped last week with a loss to
No. 3 Ohio State, and are anxious to begin a new string of
victims.

Louisville opened the spring schedules with convincing wins over
Xavier, Austin Peay and Maryland before dropping three straight to
Washington, VCU and Michigan. They have wins over Minnesota and
Clemson in addition to their loss to the Buckeyes.

The Golden Eagles, meanwhile, are 1-4 this season with a 4-3
decision over UNC Greensboro. Tech has losses against Radford,
Chattanooga, Memphis and Elon.

Junior Syrym Abduhkalikov plays in the top singles position for
Tech, where he has posted a 2-3 record this spring. Following him
in the lineup, Tech will send Alex Chen, Alejandro Bueno, Vasily
Eremeev Artem Tarasov and Justin Kirstein for singles play.

In doubles, Abduhkalikov and Tarasov play the No. 1 match, with
Chen and Bueno facing the No. 2 opponent. At No. 3, it will be
Kirstein and Eremeev.

To follow live stats of the match, click here. Final results will be posted on
TTUsports.com